Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Iruya Department, Salta Province, Argentina

mindat Locality ID: 259854
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259854.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iruya Department, Salta Province, Argentina": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Iruya Tinguaite Dyke
La Esperanza Mine
Los Alisos

Latitude: 22°46'27"S
Longitude: 65°5'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.774166666667,-65.096111111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Amphibole	Analcime	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite	Ullmannite

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Galena ()*	Katophorite ()*	Lead ()*	Leucite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Millerite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica Millerite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite Ullmannite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	3282,3284	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	3282	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	3284	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	3283	3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	3282	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	3283	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	3283	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	3283	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	3282,3283,3284	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	3283	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	3283	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	3283	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	3283	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	3284	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	3283	9895
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	3284	38
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3283	24243
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	3284	46
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	3283	192
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	3284	233
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	3283	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	3282,3284	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	3283	12537
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	3283	182
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	3283	1066
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	3282	884
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	3283	767
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	3284	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	3284	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	3283	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	3282	375
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	3282	598
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	3283	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	3283	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	3283	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	3282	4899
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	3283	293
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	3283	2718
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	3283	185

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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